Chicago, September 09: Former Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich said that statements he made on secret FBI wiretap tapes were taken out of context by prosecutors and that he might try to call senators and a top White House official as witnesses at his racketeering and fraud trial to back his version of events.
Blagojevich told The Associated Press in a phone interview that he might even try to subpoena President Barack Obama as a witness at his trial, but the court is unlikely to compel the president to testify.
The former governor, whose trial is scheduled to begin June 3, said he expects to be cleared of charges that he tried to sell or trade Obama’s former Senate seat for campaign money or a high-paying job for his wife or himself.
“I will be vindicated because I haven’t done anything wrong,” Blagojevich said.
–PTI